Florida State drops to No. 24 in polls

Florida State maintained its top 25 status, barely, coming in at No. 24 in the AP and USA Today polls thanks mostly to Miami and Southern Cal, both of whom lost and dropped out.

(Click here to see the complete AP and coaches’ polls, and to see where UF and UM stand.)

But the polls/BCS standings are irrelevant now that the Seminoles have two losses. They will mean nothing as far as FSU’s hopes of playing in a BCS bowl for the first time since the 2005 season.
That comes down to one thing: Getting to the ACC title game and winning.

Here is an update on how the Seminoles stand after Saturday’s results:

The most interesting score was BC’s victory over Clemson, which is good and bad for FSU followers.

The Seminoles do need to beat Clemson in two weeks at home, which seems more likely now that the Tigers appear to be their old selves – inconsistent. But, FSU could use the good Clemson this Saturday against N.C. State. The game is in Clemson.

Simply, if FSU takes care of its business in games against North Carolina and Clemson at home and at Maryland; and N.C. State losses one of its final four games, the Seminoles will be playing in Charlotte on the first weekend in December.

One other score to note: Maryland 62, Wake Forest 14. We know Wake is bad, but could it be that Maryland (6-2, 3-1) is better than we think?

I’m still not sold considering the Turtles’ victories are over Navy, Morgan State, FIU, Duke, Boston College when it was in the midst of a five-game losing streak and Wake.